5 ideas
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
20328 | A thing is only seen as art in an 'artworld', which has a theory and a history [Danto] |
20441 | An ordinary object can be a work of art, but only if some theory of art supports it [Danto] |